Paul J. Bruno

PaulJ.Bruno

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2007 and continuously inSuper Lawyers since 2015, Paul J. Bruno is an experienced criminal defense trial and appellate attorney who has been in private practice since 1996.As an attorney with Bulloch, Fly, Hornsby & Evans PLLC, Mr. Bruno primarily represents individuals who are charged with criminal offenses in the state and federal courts or who are being investigated for possible violations of criminal statutes.Licensed to practice law in the courts of the State of Tennessee, in the federal courts for the Western and Middle Districts of Tennessee, in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and in the United States Supreme Court, Mr. Bruno has represented hundreds of individuals charged with criminal offenses, and has represented many of them in criminal jury trials, including clients charged with DUI, first degree murder, drug violations, wire, mail, and bank fraud, conspiracy, bank robbery, RICO violations, money laundering, and other serious felonies.Mr. Bruno handles complex first-degree murder cases wherein the State of Tennessee is seeking to impose the death penalty at trial and on appeal, and he has earned acquittals in jury trials in both the state and federal courts.

Mr. Bruno graduated magna cum laude from Memphis State University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.He went on to earn his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Memphis in 1995, and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Memphis in 1995.Given his business and law education background, Mr. Bruno often represents individuals charged with white collar offenses such as wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud, securities fraud, and other types of fraud related offenses.

Mr. Bruno is a life member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and was President of the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers from August, 2015, to August, 2016.

Mr. Bruno has appeared in trial courts throughout the State of Tennessee, in the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, and before the Tennessee Supreme Court.Mr. Bruno also handles in cases in the federal courts and has appeared multiple times before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.He has also handled matters brought by the United States Federal Trade Commission, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and the State of Tennessee Department of Health.

In 2004, Mr. Bruno received the Middle District of Tennessee Criminal Justice Act Panel Lawyer of the Year Award for his representation of criminal defendants in the federal courts.Mr. Bruno is a recipient of the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Robert W. Ritchie Service Award (2011), Capital Defense Award (2013), and Joe B. Jones Award (2015).

Areas of Practice

Criminal

Criminal Defense Law in the State and Federal Courts

Business Litigation

Personal Injury

Bar Admissions

Tennessee, 1996

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit

U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, pro hac vice

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, pro hac vice

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